About the Authors

Ian M. Smith

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Chad A. Glazer

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Suhail K. Mithani

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael F. Ochs

Affiliation Division of Oncology Biostatistics, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wenyue Sun

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sheetal Bhan

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alexander Vostrov

Affiliation Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Ziedulla Abdullaev

Affiliation Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Victor Lobanenkov

Affiliation Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew Gray

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Chunyan Liu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Steven S. Chang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kimberly L. Ostrow

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

William H. Westra

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shahnaz Begum

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mousumi Dhara

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph Califano

jcalifa@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMS CAG SKM MFO WS SB AV ZA VL CL SSC JC. Performed the experiments: IMS CAG SKM WS SB AV ZA AG CL SSC KLO MD. Analyzed the data: IMS CAG SKM MFO WS SB VL AG CL SSC WHW SB JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IMS VL KLO WHW JC. Wrote the paper: IMS CAG SKM MFO JC.